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EAST YORKS CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE / FERRIBY 10
The course at Welton for the latest round of the East
Yorkshire Cross Country League is quite easy.
In the summer, that is. At this time of year however a good downpour of
rain turns it into a slippery quagmire on which, without the right shoes, it is
very easy to lose the will to live.
Fortunately all the Viking Striders’ leading runners were equipped with
studs, and certainly the mens’ team had no difficulty in consolidating their
overall third place in the league with another excellent third position on the
day. The Striders may not be in the
same class as Scarborough or City of Hull, but they are more than holding their
own against the others and more importantly, are dominating proceedings in the
pub afterwards.
Simon Griffin led the way, as he so often does, in 8th place, with
Martin Midgley and Martin Booth just outside the top 20.
Alex Davies had a cracking run in only his second cross country race,
clearly a great prospect for the future, while Graham Walker, making his
off-road debut, slipped and slid through the mud with great gusto.
The Ladies’ team was also 3rd on the day, which enabled them to
hold on to fourth in the overall table. Julie
Masterman’s excellent 6th place paved the way for Kay Ryan and
Patsy Fenelon also in good scoring positions, with the ever-improving Alison
Hoggarth not far behind. Alison has
been equally impressive on the road, her time at the recent North Ferriby 10
showing an improvement of a full six minutes in less than 12 months.
North Ferriby is not the easiest of courses, but Mark Thompson also
excelled with yet another personal best.
Cross Country times: 8th
Simon Griffin 34.44, 22nd Martin Midgley 36.42, 23rd
Martin Booth 36.58, 30th Dave Hanney 37.35, 34th Giles
Harris 38.08, 37th Neil Bentley 38.37, 54th Mark Thompson
40.55, 57th Alex Davies 41.06, 77th Dave Ryan 44.29, 89th
Richard Anness 47.28, 93rd Mick Fenelon 48.38, 97th Graham
Walker 53.00.
Ladies Race:
6th Julie Masterman 41.36, 13th Kay Ryan 45.31, 17th
Patsy Fenelon 47.53, 19th Alison Hoggarth 49.34, 28th
Karen Mitchell 53.17, 29th Debbie Andrew 54.02, 30th Sandy
Clark 54.35, 32nd Marina Booth 55.50, 34th Michaela
Shepherd 57.09, 36th Jo Mouncey 61.36.
North Ferriby times:
Martin Booth 64.39, Alan Bexon 66.05, Mark Thompson 67.39, Andy Masterman
72.16, Julie Masterman 72.41, Dave Ryan 75.20, Kevin Sipling 78.06, Patsy
Fenelon 78.50, Kay Ryan 81.29, Alison Hoggarth 84.50, Julie Kaye 88.23, Debbie
Andrew 90.53.
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